Presidentialisation pm

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Is the PM now effectively a president?

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 Prerogative powers increasingly important – foreign affairs, military – PM has become commander in chief and leader of foreign policy With the growth of SPADs there is effectively a ‘PM’s department similar to EXOP Media emphasis on the PM – 2010 GE SPATIAL leadership PM is increasingly separated from the govt and is seen as a lone figure

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 PM is not head of state – spokesperson for the nation? More limitations on PM.......................... PM does not have a separate source of authority from the rest of the government – presidents directly responsible to the people Weak PMs – presidential image/style?

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 Thatcher Major Blair Brown Cameron

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 Thatcher -dominated political system – 1982 – 89,dominant ideology, demise of Cabinet, Falklands War and international statesperson Ultimately removed by party colleagues not the electorate

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 Gulf War – led foreign policy Consensual approach Not a dominant personality Divided Cabinet Without a strong majority International profile?

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 Growth of spads Commander in chief – Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Iraq and Afghanistan World statesman Bilateral meetings/weakened Cabinet Driven out of office by party colleagues? Iraq war – undermined his authority

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 Dominant personal leadership position at home and abroad during the financial crisis Personal standing in the country steadily declined Limited by divided Cabinet Presidential style?